... ;beell de3troyeeR bs the enewnv. Qur c^sualties are very few. ROW FORANSESECRG LS oCeS-P1ED. . ¢at:P.9;ES AND IDi^TDENTE3. I>ecr ) n= the eatry of tore' RoRverts itltO Johanlles'^}llrm on tiay 3Oth, .a Press ^^ssociai;ou eorrespotielest savs:- Atoout ten oseick cheers, le-eehoisg froul afar, were hea^d. IEev-a}nouncedl the approach of the Commande_-in-GhieE- As the troops eame nealaer the ...

... -U-0! Tie Mayor of Newcastle (-Mr Riley Lord) attended tne Levee -which the Prince of NVales held on MAonday afternoon at St. Jarness Palace. Accident at Scotswood.-On Monday evening, a man craned James Russell, an engineer belonging to Ber- v:ck'. was admitted to the Newcastle Royal Infirmary, suff ene from an injury to the leg, which he sustained by be ag run over by an engine near Scotswood ...

... (BY OU3 OWN CO3RESPONfENT.) What might have proved a fiasco, turned out, to the I delight of all, a, great success. The keen disappoint- nrent on Saturday of holidaying Londoners, in conse- quence of the non-arrival of the C.I.V. was more -than-made good ?? demonstration. This I culminated in what may be termed the apotheosis of ! the citizen-soldier. Contrary to expectation, the people turnea ...

... [AtLL -rIuTs RESRflVED.] OUR HO'DITE OIRCLE. I NOTES AND HINTS BY A LADY. I EASTESr SOCIAL CUSTOMS -THE SYMMOL OF THE SEASON- PRESENT-DAY CRAVATS AND SCARVES-l' ICusic AGAINT- SILK VESTS -CHARMING PL]OuSES-RCCIPe FOR FASTER CAKES. The scoial custorms attending the festival of Easter- as distinct from its reli1ious associasions-are less in evidence than they were in times past, or as they still ...

... From Weet to Week. -U- The Queen, who is again at her Highland home, has seen the anniversary of another birthday. With her, the nation celebrated on Thursday her eighty-first year. Of the four score and one, it will be not the least memorable as ?? in her life- time As in her rein. Almost coincident with the relief of MNafeking it has obtaine'U additional interest and more general observance. ...

... I DEMONSTRATION IN NEWCASTLE. In connection with the INewcastle Battalion of the Boys' Brigade, a publio meeting and demonstration I were held on Tuesday night in the Town Hall. Earl Gray, the honorary president of the battalion, was an- nounced to preside, but was unable to do so. In his absence, Mr H. Crawford Smith.i M.P., took the chair. There wasr a good attendance of tfho general public. ...

... .0- a Mr DEARt BAIRnx,-There is a. subiect that T hans, ich often thought I would have a chat with- you about. an& )er- thtigadng are dertive faromniag. Now the pleasure and profit to be, ogs deie rmawell-kept garden are by no mneans con.e ~ze. fined to cider people. Indeod it is becoming fashion.;. Lnd able for children to interest themselves in the ?? OW of flowers and vegetables. As a ...

... 0- -0- It is not only from week to week, but from year to year that we have to review. Happily the Queen, at Osborne, is apparently in good health, notwithstanding the alarnrist reports that have been prevalent of la-te. F . .rho was born in 1819, is 81 years oi Not the least remarkable- itsg c.. c-. :ry is that Queen Victoria, is - , lt to control the affairs of State, ..nd t ?? ' Str si- ...

... CEl'l N'tt'bjustle , f orantr NORTH OF ENGLAND FARMER, AND GENERAL HUE AND CRY. ESTABLISHED 1711-9TH YEAR OF QUEEN ANNE. There is no longer any doubt about the date of the dissolution of Parliament. If the country, or indeed the Prime Minister, had been at war between will and will not, ib no longer etsts. The Privy Council meeting at Bainroral last Mon- day settled the question. The Queen, ...

... . ,. In, I THE 'EGGISHORN. .I Without being sufficiently perilous to throw around it t-he glamour of heroism, an ascent of the Eggishorn engages the energies of very many who visit the Swisis Alps.~ Its serrate~d crest pierces the clouds 9,625 feet above sea level. Above the timber limit and the still higher pastures snoaw lies in pa-tches all the year round, and snow-storms rage, in July and ...

... tAnL RIGUTS RER~VD.] By UBRWOOD E3REERLEY. :- - About ten or eleven miles to the south of Doncaster is Firbeck, the home of the St.* Legers. The first glimpse of this two-squired village from the copses and pheasant-covers around it is entrancing. I question if the North has anything more delightfully sylvan to show, and, seeing that Firbeck is grouped with Roche Abbey and Sandbeok House-the ...

... AGRICULTU AL NOT S. The whole countrY h1as greatly ?? by die rpeent r.io. ngs th least ?? ee owi 6i 4 dat it e g xl sna~lS hay crop-fnpti it is trte, the3 LWnky ?? c farmerg would bo glad to ge0, ?? ncne ?? lbes a Trop c far suporiur to any tlhat seemed probablti afteor the dry hirah winds from the north had wcrkod thero will c 5-rongst the tender hereige. The temperature is still c rather low ...